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  • Syria seizes weapons, ammunition in southern region

    Date: 2020-12-13 15:13:43 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:8710623

    DAMASCUS, Dec 13 (MENA) - Syrian authorities on Sunday found amounts of weapons and ammunition, among them Israeli-made, and a drone left behind by terrorists in the southern region, SANA reported. A source said the competent authorities, in ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 7 Palestinians in Bethlehem, Quds

    Date: 2020-12-13 10:31:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8710147

    RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians in Bethlehem and Al Quds on Sunday. The occupation forces raided their houses and tampered with their content before arresting them, Wafa news agency reported. (MENA) S R E/M O ....

  • Settlers attack Palestinians' homes near Hebron

    Date: 2020-12-13 09:00:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8710015

    RAMALLAH, Dec 13 (MENA) - A group of Israeli settlers attacked homes of Palestinian citizens near the town of Sa'ir, to the northeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources Sunday. Settlers attacked homes ....

  • Israel records 1,288 new cases, 2.9% of tests positive

    Date: 2020-12-13 06:58:11 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8709896

    GAZA CITY, Dec 13 (MENA) - Some 1,288 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported on Saturday in Israel, with 2.9% of tests returning positive, according to a Sunday morning update by the Health Ministry. OF those infected, 321 were in ....

  • Turkey's coronavirus cases exceed 1.8 million

    Date: 2020-12-12 17:57:27 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:8709610

    ANKARA, Dec 5 (MENA) – Turkey has registered 29,136 new COVID-19 cases and 222 related deaths over the past 24 hours, Euronews reported Saturday. According to data by the Health Ministry, the total patient count rose to 1,809,809 while the ....

  • Turkey`s daily virus death toll hits record high

    Date: 2020-12-11 20:09:27 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:8708583

    ANKARA, Dec 11 (MENA) – Turkey confirmed 32,106 more COVID-19 infections, including 5,607 symptomatic patients, over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Friday, Azeri-Press Agency reported. The total number of cases ....

  • Israel reports 1,866 new infections in 24 hours

    Date: 2020-12-11 13:59:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8708220

    GAZA CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - A total of 1,866 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed across Israel on Thursday, Israel National News reported. Since the pandemic began, 352,968 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Israel, according ....

  • Gulf rift allows for Iran’s destabilizing activities in region: US official

    Date: 2020-12-11 09:40:13 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8707884

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 11 (MENA) - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Timothy Lenderking has said the Gulf rift opens up cracks in what is otherwise a pretty strong wall of opposition to Iran’s destabilizing activities in ....

  • Greece welcomes EU sanctions on Turkey

    Date: 2020-12-11 09:09:14 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8707976

    ATHENS, Dec 11 (MENA) - Greece on Friday welcomed a decision by the European Union leaders to impose sanctions on Turkey due to illegal gas exploration in eastern Mediterranean. According to governmental sources, the European decision on ....

  • EU leaders back sanctions on Turkey over gas drilling

    Date: 2020-12-11 08:26:14 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8707881

    BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (MENA) - European Union leaders agreed on the first steps towards more comprehensive sanctions against Turkey over Ankara's unauthorized gas drilling off the coast of Greece and Cyprus, according to a decision released early Friday ....

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